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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-02-03 Regular MinutesFebruary 3, 1992 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Mayor's State of the City Address PROCLAMATIONS OF THE MAYOR CITIZENS COMMENTS TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES c 1_ j r Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Rants called the Regular Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. JOE DUFFIE; JOAN HERNANDEZ; ALLAN EKBERG, Council President; DENNIS ROBERTSON; CHARLES SIMPSON; STEVE LAWRENCE, STEVE MULLET. Delivering his first State of the City address, Mayor Rants advised the audience the City began the year with a budget that was balanced without cutting existing programs. The full weight of the recent annexations, climbing fixed costs of labor, and intergovernmental services have combined with a slowdown of the region and local economies. The result is a budget that is strained and leaves very little, if any, flexibility. Mayor Rants addressed the aggressive workplan established by Council and the administration for 1992. At the top of the list is Vision Tukwila, a community participation program, developed by the administration in 1991. According to Rants, the ultimate objective of Vision Tukwila is to "knit our diverse residential and business neighborhoods together into a unified city Mayor Rants urged citizens to actively participate in the upcoming scheduled meetings. Rants advised that major challenges lie ahead in 1992. Compounding the financial situation is the continual increase of the demand for services and the costs for doing business. Municipal court filings have increased over 250 percent since the annexations. The police department answered over 30,000 calls for service in 1991. Fixed costs for basic services rose 11 percent in the past year. For example, the cost for library services from the King County Library System will rise from a pre annexation $105,000 per year to a projected $1 million. The issue of annexation will be put to the voters in a special election on March 10th. Many residential streets, water and drainage systems are deficient; sewers are non existent in some areas. Demands for human services have increased. Traffic, especially in the business district and areas of commerce, is impacting all citizens of Tukwila. To ensure Tukwila's interests, regional transportation issues will continue to require active management. The number and scale of Tukwila's capital improvement projects outweigh the City's ability to afford them. Mayor Rants pledged that the City will continue to be responsive to it's citizens, and strive to improve the quality of life in Tukwila. He urged citizens to communicate with City officials, attend Council meetings, and actively participate in Vision Tukwila. Rants concluded by stating the "future looks bright and we have the opportunity to create our own destiny. Let us join forces to forge a city that will meet our expectations for a quality of life surpassed by no one." Mayor Rants read the following Proclamations: a. A proclamation designating the week of February 16 -22, 1992 as Engineers Week; b. A proclamation declaring the remainder of 1992 as South Central School District Centennial Year, c. A proclamation thanking Ann Keefe for volunteering her time and coordinating the Holiday Outreach program; d. A proclamation thanking Cello Bag Company and its employees for participating in the City's Christmas Outreach program; e. A proclamation expressing appreciation to the Highline Exchange Club and its members for participation in the City's Christmas Outreach program. Marie Gardner, 14112 57th Ave So., commented the new bus stop at Southcenter needs more light. Councilmember Hernandez advised Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 3, 1992 Page 2 Citizens Comments (con't) CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone McLeod Exhibition Facility Mrs. Gardner the matter would be added to the Transportation Committee agenda for discussion. Roger Baker, 11662 42nd Ave. So., announced that Metro will be meeting in Duwamish on February 6th regarding the transfer line they want to construct in the area. Mr. Baker also requested Council consider holding a one day cleanup service in the spring as they have in the past. a. Approval of Vouchers b. Approval of Minutes: 1/20/92 General Fund $66,807.72 City Street 7,301.72 Arterial Street 20,757.12 Land Acq., Building, Dev. 2,500.00 Water Fund 93.65 Sewer Fund 353.22 Water /Sewer Construction 9,081.60 Foster Golf Course 4,470.71 Surface Water (412) 246.52 Equipment Rental 3,287.98 Firemen's Pension 0.00 TOTAL $114,900.24 MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBM TIED. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Rants opened the public hearing at 7:22 p.m. Council is asked to approve a comprehensive land use policy plan map change from Parks and Open space and public facility to commercial and from R -A Agriculture zoning to C -2 Regional Retail zoning on Tax parcels 21, 6,36 and a portion of 17 in Section 25, Township 23, Range 4. The contiguous parcels form a rectangular area between the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern railroad tracks east of West Valley Highway, west of the Renton city limits generally perpendicular with an extension of Strander Boulevard. The combined parcels total approximately 9.45 acres and includes the Puget Power Nelson Substation and a portion of the City of Seattle water pipeline. Associate Planner Moira Bradshaw briefly reviewed the existing comprehensive plan and the proposed comprehensive map changes. Council held a public hearing in December, 1991, to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation for modified approval of the applicant's request for a Comprehensive Plan map change and a rezone of his property. The Planning Commission also recommended including the adjacent Seattle Water Department's parcel and the Puget Power parcel and to limit the area of change to that area outside the type 1 wetland, and any additional wetland created due to mitigation from off -site and the required buffer. Ms. Bradshaw explained the action requested of Council at this meeting is a motion to approve an action with adoption of findings and conclusions, and requesting the Mayor to submit the final ordinance to the Consent Agenda for final action. The change is limited to the area outside of the wetlands. Don Miles, Project Engineer, 15828 SE 24th St., Bellevue, explained the Planning Commission recommended the rezone line fall on the wetlands boundary line. Mr. Miles stated he favored this change as the buffer line is a variable line. The C -2 designation will allow the applicant to proceed; they will develop the project on both the M -1 and C -2 parcels. The particular building of the project will occur on the M -1 parcel. There being no opponents to the project in the audience, Mayor Rants closed the hearing at 7:32 p.m. Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 3, 1992 Page 3 Public Hearings (con't) Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezone McLeod Exhibition Facility OLD BUSINESS Res. #1199 Supporting the South Central and Highline School Districts Special Elections Res. #1200- Establishing Policies for Provision of Utility Connection Assistance Formal Motion 92 -FM001 Reducing the General Property Tax Allocation Providing the Annexation to the King County Library District is Successful o 4 0 MOVED BY HERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS AND PLACE THE ORDINANCE ON THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA REFLECTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING CHANGE TO C -2; AND THE CHANGE BE LIMITED TO THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE WETLAND; AND THE BOUNDARY BE AS CLOSE TO THE WETLAND EDGE AS POSSIBLE.* Councilmember Robertson questioned the location of the southern boundary. Ms. Bradshaw explained that the proposed ordinance designates the boundary on the wetland edge. There is an existing irregular wetland edge. The applicant will be relocating some type III wetlands and expanding the type I wetland. That creates a geometric straight line edge which is fine for zoning purposes. Councilmember Mullet clarified that no matter where the boundary is designated for the zoning, it really won't affect the wetlands. For clarification, Mrs. Hernandez stated the intent of the motion was that the boundary be as close to the wetland as possible. Ms. Bradshaw added that as part of the rezone request the applicant is signing and recording a no protest LID for sewer, water, storm and sanitary improvements in the area. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFLE, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Mike Kenyon read A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, supporting the South Central School District No. 406 and the Highline School District 401 school program levy election and urging all eligible voters to vote for schools in the February 4, 1992 Special Election. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 1199 AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY ROBERTSON, SECONDED BY DUFFLE, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Attorney Kenyon read A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, establishing a Residential Utility Connection Assistance Program and providing for guidelines and policies for the administration of same. MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 1200 AS READ. MOTION CARRIED WITH LAWRENCE VOTING NO. Mayor Rants read A Formal Motion to reduce the general property tax allocation in 1993, providing the March 10, 1992 annexation to the King County Library District is successful. WHEREAS, the City has determined that annexation is the preferred option to provide library service per Ordinance No. 1619, and WHEREAS, the City agrees to reduce general property taxes in 1993 by an amount based on the 1990 contract formula. THE CITY COUNCIL OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, HEREBY MOVES: That the general property taxes are to be reduced by $310,000 or approximately 14 cents per thousand of assessed valuation in 1993 for Tukwila taxpayers, if there is a successful annexation vote on March 10, 1992. Tukwila City Council Regular Meeting February 3, 1992 Page 4 Old Business (con't) MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, TO Formal Motion 92 -FM001 ACCEPT THE FORMAL MOTION AS READ. MOTION (con't) CARRIED. REPORTS Mayor Rants reported he would be meeting with legislators on Mayor February 5 in Olympia. One item of discussion will be finding funding for the Pacific Highway project. City Council Councilmembers Hernandez and Ekberg reported they had attended the first Vision Tukwila meeting and were pleased with the response and the staff s work on the project. Staff City Attorney ADJOURNMENT 8:00 p.m. Councilmember Robertson attended the Suburban Cities Committee on Growth Management last week. Councilmember Lawrence suggested State Representative Greg Fisher be invited to attend the February 10 meeting to talk about the airport issue. Councilmember Mullet reported he attended the opening ceremonies for the new high school. Mayor Rants thanked Council for their attendance at the Vision Tukwila meeting. Rick Beeler gave a brief update on the progress of Vision Tukwila, referencing a printout of the concerns of residents in attendance at the first neighborhood meeting. Mike Kenyon reported a petition will be filed with the US Supreme Court on the World Wide Video case by February 21. Mayor Rants announced the cancellation of Executive Session. MOVED BY EKBERG, SECONDED BY MULLET, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. John ivt W UC ants, Mayor f.9 e E. Cantu, City Clerk